Water And Life Quotes

June 26 Open Line

Many people don’t know this, but there is a reason why the water plant is located where it is. It’s because that is where they collected the water originally, not from wells near the Illinois River. Before you bash the city as to the location of the plant, do your research. And I’m sure that, had anyone proposed to relocate the water plant, you would have been the first one to complain about your taxes going up. I see that New York City is hosting its annual gay pride parade this weekend, featuring thousands of homosexuals dressed as women and wearing other bizarre costumes. I have nothing against homosexuals, but I don’t understand why these people feel the need to advertise and promote the gay lifestyle to the rest of the world. It’s just not normal. To the person bashing people who get Link, you are a narrow-minded idiot, plain and simple. My family gets Link, and both my wife and myself work full time jobs. We pay into it just as much as you, and if we need it, we are going to use it. You are ignorant for assuming that all people who get Link are bums. You, sir/ma’am, have shown everyone just how stagnant and shallow your gene pool is. The New York Times printed an article warning of the pending economic disaster in 1999. They cited the Democrats’ housing and lending regulations as the cause. This was before Bush was elected and printed by a media organization that usually favors the Democrats. Look it up and read it. They were spot on, and we can now stop Bush bashing and deal with the problem at hand, a socialist in charge of the Democratic Party. Well, it’s about time. Finally the federal government is maybe coming to their senses in the War on Drugs making marijuana illegal. They have finally constructed a bill in Congress to make marijuana no longer a federal crime and leave it up to the individual states on how they want to deal with it, whether to make it legal or to keep it illegal. This bill is expected to pass, and if it does, maybe Illinois politicians could come to their senses and legalize it and free all those in prisons on nonviolent marijuana crimes and start growing it and harvesting it, putting the money back into our economy and taxing it so the state can make billions of a harmless weed. Everybody light up. Well, looks like another week without water.

Cycling Epiphany Hold Water | Life Quotes Orbis

I’ve been actively recruiting new cyclists for years but I can still count the converts from my personal life on one hand.

Even when you get new butts in the saddles, the first thing those butts do is complain that they are sore. It can take more than a couple of rides for the epiphany to kick in.

Then, there’s hair. For those who care, if the helmets don’t ruin it, the wind does. That knocks out a surprising number of recruits.

And, heaven forbid it rains. Even avid cyclists complain about rain and/or don’t ride in it. The cycling epiphany is quite definitely waterproof but this is not apparent even to many of the initiated.

A prerequisite to the cycling epiphany seems to be a reintroduction to one’s own body and the physical world. That can happen at the same time, but that is too much for some.

Feeling Threatened What’s more, many Americans still assume most cyclists are simply people who can’t drive, e.g. the poor, the drunk or the underage. At best, they see them as over-educated nerds naively trying to save the planet.

The entertainment media embellishes this. Slate.com explains this in: “Dude, Where’s Your Car?” Most movies still portray bicycles as emasculating. The “40 Year Old Virgin” is a classic example. This leaves many thinking that cycling is not sexy at all. Car advertisements take it from there.

Perceptions are changing on their own in certain pockets of the U.S. And some celebrities, like Katy Perry, make cycling sexy by wearing their bicycles well. However, that’s not putting enough butts in the saddles either.

Proven Motivators Ironically, what compels many to start cycling are the nuts and bolts justifications downplayed by some. The FRONTLINE story “Poisoned Waters” describes this well. Although it is about the relationship between urban centers and water quality, it includes details about what swayed voters on green urban design and “livable streets”. It wasn’t new positive experiences or visions, it was known pain points such as health, safety, and taxes.

This jibes with my personal experience. One recruited cyclist I know is a hardcore Republican. The environmentalist arguments fell flat with her but after much of my nagging she tried cycling to work and found that, combined with CalTrain, the bike got her to work 20 minutes faster than the jam-packed 101 freeway. After that, she was sold. She has since had the Cycling Epiphany alluded to earlier. This has led her to initiate trash cleanups of things she sees on her ride, etc.

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